Word: patriotism
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...French bourgeois. The French Bourgeois is a settled, sensible and prudent person; he is a man of the home; he distrusts passion; he loves his wife and loves his children even more; he is idle and talkative; he takes a deep interest in politics; he is a patriot and loves all things military; he is not very religious and not at all mystic; on the other hand, he has a distinct taste for morality and for commonplaces. Victor Hugo was all this: a bourgeois with genius...
While we lament his untimely death, we can but say that death came to him in a fair hour. His memory will remain as that of the youthful patriot in time of peace, inspired throughout his life by the voice of duty...
...Patriot" is a well written and humorous sketch, dealing with an American girl just returned from England. The subject is a trifle old, but the humor and naturalness makes it interesting...
...effects of Mr. Blaine's withdrawal upon the welfare of the country are to be discussed. The question is not susceptible to proof. He has withdrawn on account of his health, yet the government will go on and be looked after even though it is deprived of this great patriot. Mr. Howarth put forth his strongest efforts to show that this withdrawal was not unfortunate for the country...
...constant and painful labor and there a careless cumberer of the ground is quite content in everything; here a charlatan thrives and there a well-equipped practitioner has scarcely a patient; here a demagogue makes a fortune out of the people's fears and hopes and there a patriot is unheeded...